Mantra 146

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तं वा अहं नार्वाञ्चं न पराञ्चं न प्रत्यञ्चम्

IAST Transliteration

táṃ vā́ aháṃ nā́rvāñcaṃ ná parā́ñcaṃ ná pratyáñcam

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Him, verily, I—neither hitherward, nor awayward, nor turned back again—

Word by Word

• तम्: him/that (one)
• तम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वै: indeed, surely
• वै: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (निपात)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निषेध-अव्यय)

• अर्वाञ्चम्: turned this way, facing hither
• अर्वाञ्चम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्वाञ्च् (प्रातिपदिक; दिशावाचक-विशेषण)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निषेध-अव्यय)

• पराञ्चम्: turned away, facing yonder
• पराञ्चम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पराञ्च् (प्रातिपदिक; दिशावाचक-विशेषण)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निषेध-अव्यय)

• प्रत्यञ्चम्: turned toward (one), facing back/against
• प्रत्यञ्चम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रत्यञ्च् (प्रातिपदिक; दिशावाचक-विशेषण)

Attribution

Rishi: Unspecified in excerpt.

Devata: Directional/spatial control by brahman (implicit).

Chandas: Unspecified (requires full verse context).

Mantra Rasa

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